This Tuesday (April 9), the Hong Kong College Entrance Examination (DSE) officially started!
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AI Jun knows that one of the reasons why many parents plan for Hong Kong identity is that they hope that their children will get Hong Kong identity, take the DSE exam in the future, and enter Hong Kong local universities as local students, and enjoy preferential policies for local students such as large enrollment places, low admission score requirements and low tuition fees. Therefore, after the DSE exam started, AI Jun also went to learn about the situation of this year's DSE exam.
It's really good that I don't understand it, but I'm sour when I understand it...... I regret that when I took the college entrance examination that year, I didn't have a Hong Kong identity blessing [covering my face]
According to the data released by the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority, a total of about 50,803 candidates applied for DSE this year, including 43,295 school candidates and 7,508 self-study students.
At the same time, the HKEAA has also made statistics on the number of DSE applicants over the years, as follows:
From the above data, you can see that the number of DSE applicants has remained around 50,000 in recent years, and if you compare it with earlier data, the number of applicants is decreasing.
In terms of the mainland college entrance examination, the number of applicants has frequently hit a record high in recent years. According to online forecasts, the number of applicants for the mainland college entrance examination in 2024 will reach a new high, reaching 13.53 million. Based on this data, the number of applicants for DSE is only 0.38% of the mainland college entrance examination!
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In addition to the low level of competition, the DSE exam has a number of unique advantages in terms of progression:
The DSE exam is internationally recognized
In terms of further studies, DSE candidates can not only choose to study in Hong Kong, but also choose to directly apply for admission to more than 300 overseas institutions with DSE results, including many of the world's top 100 universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada.
If your child is already a permanent resident of Hong Kong when applying for DSE, he or she can also apply directly to 138 universities in the Mainland with his or her DSE scores, including universities in Qingbei and Zhejiang, through the Mainland Entrance Examination Exemption Scheme (independent of the Mainland College Entrance Examination Admissions Channel), which is lower than the direct application based on the Mainland College Entrance Examination results.
DSE results can be retained for one year
According to the current regulations, the results of candidates who take the DSE exam can be retained for one year. If you are not satisfied with your results and plan to retake the exam, you can retake only the subjects you did not perform well in the second year, and then choose the best 5 individual subject results from the two exam results within two years to apply to the university of your choice.
The DSE exam can be taken in Chinese Simplified
DSE is currently the only international entrance examination in the world that can be answered in Chinese Simplified Chinese (except for English subjects).
Finally, with the intensification of education involution, AI Jun believes that it is better to change the track for children than chicken babies. If you also want to get a Hong Kong identity for your child to change tracks, welcome to contact AI Juno.